Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The idea of an index was first suggested by John Graham, convenor of the Sydney Dead Persons Society, in 1998. [5] The concept gained momentum the following year when another member of the society, Joyce Ryerson, revealed that she had a 14-year collection of death notices from The Sydney Morning Herald kept in her laundry. [6]
[51] [52] James's funeral was held at Danebank, her former school, on 17 November. [53] Thijssen's parents will have his body cremated and scatter his ashes in Sydney rather than the repatriation of his body to the Netherlands. [54] The murder of Lilie James was the subject of a 60 Minutes story on 27 October 2024. [55]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Joseph Fowles suffered seizures later in life and his obituary records that a third recorded instance was to prove fatal on the evening of 25 June 1878. The notice in the Sydney Morning Herald remembers him for his artistic talent, referring to him as “father of drawing in the city.”
Devine was born the daughter of bricklayer Edward Twiss, and Alice Twiss (née Tubb) at 57 Hollington Street, Camberwell, London in the United Kingdom. [3] [4] At 16 she married an Australian serviceman, James (Jim) Edward Joseph Devine, (born Brunswick, Victoria, 1892, died Heidelberg, Victoria, 18 August 1966), on 12 April 1917 at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Camberwell, London. [2]
Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes AO KC (26 November 1923 – 28 November 2024) was an Australian barrister and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as Attorney-General in the Gorton government from 1969 to 1971, and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, representing the New South Wales seats of Parkes and Berowra.
Mervyn John Cross OAM (3 July 1941 – 25 August 2023) was an Australian rugby league footballer and orthopaedic surgeon. [3] He played in Australia's major competition the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) but Cross, a doctor, was better known for his achievements in the field of sports medicine as an orthopaedic surgeon.
Jesse Alan Baird (4 September 1997 – 19 February 2024) was an Australian television presenter and Australian rules football goal umpire. [4] Baird worked as a presenter and reporter on various Network 10 programs, including Totally Wild, Gamify and Studio 10.